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EZRA nursoiv, or BnooKronT, New YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUSHlNG-JACKS FOR RAILROAD-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 73,191, dated January7, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA IIUTsON, of Brockport, in the county of Monroeand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Pushing-Jacks; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of `reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specication, in which- Figure l is alongitudinal elevation, and

Fig. 2 a view of the claw at the end of the hinged lever. Y The objectof this invention is to move railroad-cars from place to place on thetrack with a much reduced amount of labor than ordinarily employed forthis purpose; and to enable others skilled in the art te make and useit, I will now describe `its construction and operation.

A represents the hand-lever, to 011e end of which is securely bolted thehead-piece B. C is the leg or hinged lever, which is hinged to thehead-piece B, as represented in the drawings. At the lower end of thislever is the claw d, so formed as to straddle the rail.

It may be observed that I make this claw of steel and put a sufficientedge on it to enable it to bite the rail, and thus prevent it fromslipping. There are other devices which7 of course, would effectsubstantially the same result as this claw; but as this is a minor partof my invention, I will not refer to them individually.

g represents a jaw, hinged to the upper end of head-piece B. This jaw isformed as shown in Fig. 1, and is provided with sharp projections 6 e.

The manner of operating my invention isas follows: Force the projeotions c cinto the rear end of the car, in such a position that thecla-w d will straddle the rail 5 then bear upon lever A. As the carmoves forward, take another hold by elevating the lever, and so on untilthe car is moved to the desired place. In

place of the jaw g, a staple or ring may be secured to the head-piece,which, in the operation of the machine, may slip over a spike bent atrighty angle and driven into the car.

Having thus described the principle of my invention", what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

The hinged jaw g, in combination with hinged lever C and hand-lever A,substantially in the manner specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signatureinpresence of two witnesses.

EZRA lIUTSON. Vitnesses:

T. H. ALEXANDER, C. ALEXANDER.

